Glove ornament



March 6, 1 A, M|TCHELL GLOVE ORNAMENT Filed Nov. 10, 1932 Patented Mar. 6, 1934 PATENT ortica- GLOVE ORNAMENT jij] f g John A. Miene, mesma-n.1. y Application Nvember 1o,1932,seria1Nt.s42,o7e

A 10 Claims. Mvnventi'on relates to improvements in glove ornaments and includes an ornamental member preferably in ,simulation ofa ring, preferably comprising a ring top adapted to be secured on ton of1|ar glove finger to give the imitation of a Ring, onthe outside of the glove. lfar-asl am awareI am the first to provide any-,typepfqornament for, agiove finger or to deyisenytype of means for securing an ornament to a glove finger. While I preferably employ a ring top it is obvious-that any other type of an ornament may be applied.

..The =desir e of human beings to cover themselveswith -ornaments has existed ever since the beginning of civilization or even the human race. Civilization and society also decree that gloves bewor'n even when they are not needed fort-he purposeof warmth. In all the years that gloves have been worn the fingers thereof have been bare and it has been generally thought that the one place where ladies and gentlemen could not adorn themselves was on .their'gloves '-An object of my invention is to provide an ornamentation and meanswhereby the glove may be-suitably ornamented'and thus satisfy this craving of the human race for self adornment. I- l A further object of my invention is to provide an ornament for the finger which may be readily taken on and off if desired with the glove. A further feature of my invention is to provide a glove ornament which may be sold directly in the box with the gloves and thereby tend Ato increase the sale of gloves with their attendant cleanly and warmth-giving results. These and such other objects of my invention as may hereinafter appear will be best understood from a description of the accompanying drawing whichillustratcs various embodiments thereof.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a plan view of a pair of glovespacked for sale having my improved ornament attached to a finger thereof.

Fig. 2 'is a cross sectional view taken through the glove finger and attached ring top.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along. the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a reverse plan view of the ring top I preferably employ.

Fig. 5 is a plan` View of the attaching strip and female fastener element I employ to detachably secure the ring top to the glove finger.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a modified form of my invention in which the female fastener element is secured to the glove linger itself. Y

Fig. 7 is aplan View of the femalev fastener: element directly secured to a glove'finger.

z Fig. 8 is a reverse plan viewfof the underneath portion of the g-love finger showing the Ameans I employ to secure the female fastener element of this embodiment of my invention thereto. Fig. 9 is a. longitudinal sectional view taken' through a ring top showing a different embodi-, C5 ment of my invention employing a female separable fastener element in the ring top and amale separable fastener element on the glove finger.

Fig.- 10 is a plan view of the male fastenerA element of the embodiment shown in Fig. 9.

Fig. l1 is a perspective view ofthe vfemale fastener element which is secured'. to. the -rlng top edges of the embodiment shown in Fig; 9..

Fig. 12 is a longitudinalsectional view illustrating a plurality of well known separable glove fastener elements which may be employed to vdetachably secure a ring top or .other ornament to a glove finger of a slightly different form'from that shown in Figs. 9-11.

In the drawing, 10 generally illustrates 'a 5g standard type of glove to which my invention may be attached.

As shown in Fig. 1 for purposes of sale the glove may be packed in the usual packing box 12 in the fiat shape shown and my improved ornament 14 may be secured directly to a finger of the glove. Aside from helping to satisfy the craving of human' beings to adorn themselves byl making it possible for individuals to adorn their gloves, my invention also provides a ready sales argument for the gloves to which it may be attached, as it-provides a novel type of attractive display for the gloves particularly when packed in the package.

As stated, my invention comprises a glove having fingers 18, a ring top 14, or other ornament and means 16 to secure preferably detachably said ring top or other ornament to the glove finger 18.

While any type of ornament may be employed, 109 I preferably employ a standard ring top, which as shown includes the setting 20 and the stone 22. The setting 20 preferably has side walls 24 which bend down over the sides of the glove finger. I have shown in the drawing various types of embodiments of means to preferably detachably secure the ring top or other ornament to the glove finger, which cover various types of separable fasteners which may, if desired, be made so as not to be separable. A separable fastener usu- 110 Cil ally includes a pointed male member which is adapted to slide or slip into and be retained in position by a female member. In the embodiments shown the male member 26 may be attached to the ring top and the female member 28 may be attached to the glove or vice versa. In the embodiments shown in Figs. 2-5, there is provided a metal strip 30 adapted to extend underneath the ring top and transversely over the glove 'ngen In this embodiment the male fastener element 26 is substantially fiat and is provided with slots 34 for receiving the metal strip 30 therein to firmly secure the male separable fastener element to the under surface of the ring top supplemented by solder if desired. While the other separable fastener element may, if desired, be directly attached to the glove as in the embodiment shown in Figs. '6, 7 `and '8, I preferably attach it to a narrow, leather, -cloth or other strip 36. If desired the strip 36 may be constructed of the same `material as the glove. The narrow strip 36 extends across the glove finger'at a point at whichit is desired to detachably secure the `ornament thereto and preferably has the ends 38 'thereof fsecured to the glove by the vsaine stitchings 40 'that secure the sides 42 of the fingers to the tops '44 thereof. bodiment -shown in Figs. 1-4 the female separable 'fastener element is secured at right angles across the strip 36, preferably through the slots 49 therein and is provided with the upwardly projecting side walls 47, end walls 48 and 50 and the top walls 52 near one 4end thereof projecting for at least 'a portion of the distance thereover. The `end wall 50 is preferably tilted obliquely forward to be of `lesserheight than the end wall 48 for easy insertion of the walls 32 of the male member 26 underneath the top walls 52 of the female member 28. It is obvious that to attach the ornament to the glove 1inger,.it is 'merely necessary to align the Iside edges 32 of the male'element within the top walls 52 of the female element and slide vthe male element "home until one end thereof abuts'the 'end wall 48 and the other end thereof sinks within the female -member to v'abut the Vopposite end wall 50 thereof, the preferably tapered edges 32 merely sliding and being retained in position underneath the top walls 52 of the female separable fastener element. If desired after insertion the end wall 50 may be bent over the end of the male fastener element to firmly secure the male fastener element within the female. In case they are not bent over however, it is obvious that one end of the male member may be pushed up above the wall 50 and 'm'al'e member laterally Withdrawn from the retaining sheath formed by the top walls 52 of the female member. As shown in Figs. 6-8, the female member 28 may be attached directly to a glove finger, eliminating the necessity for the strip 36. In this instance the female element 28 is provided with the prong holes 54. A plate 56 is provided preferably arcuately c'oncaved to fit over the top of the finger and is provided with the prongs 58 which project upwardly therefrom through the glove finger 18 and into the prong holes 54 where they may have the heads thereof upset as at 60. It is thus obvious that in this embodiment, the female element is secured to the glove itself directly by means of the plate 56, the construction of the male member and its functioning being similar to that of the embodiment shown in Figs. 1-5. As shown in Figs. 9-11`a construction similar to a separable glove fastener means may if In the emdesired be employed, in this instance attaching the male member thereof to the glove finger 18 and the female member to the ring top. In this instance the female member merely comprises the strip 30 provided with the two holes 62, preferably of cross formation to provide the resilient points 64 for receiving the head 66 of the male member therebetween. The points 64 will resiliently give to permit the entrance of the enlarged head 66 of the male member therein. The male member 26 has the male portion, including the heads 66 of general pear shape and is provided with the slits 68 through which the stitching 70 may directly attach the male element 26 to either the glove finger 18 or the strip 36. The embodiment shown in Figs. 9-11 is a simplified type of standard separable glove `fastener means, although if desired as shown in Fig. .12 a `pair of usual glove fasteners 72 may be provided and the male portions thereof secured in any suitable fashion, such 'as bythe stitching 70 to the glove finger 18 or cross strip 36 and the female elements 28 mounted on the strip 30.

It is thus apparent that I have provided v'a novel type of ornamentation for gloves, which applies fa means for ornamenting gloves -hitherto unknown and which provides an attractive ornament not only when Worn, but also when the gloves are on display.

It is understood that my Ainvention is n'ot lm'-- ited to the specific vembodiments shown and 'that various deviations maybe made therefrom 'without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.`

What I Aclaim is:

1. In combination' with a glove having fingers. a ring 'top and means to detachably secure lsaid ring top to a glove finger.

2. In combination with a lglove having fingers,- a ring top and means to secure said ring top to a glove finger.

-3. In combination, a glove finger, a ring top adapted to -overlie said finger having side walls adapted to overlie the sides of said finger, and means to detachably secure said ring topto said finger, including a male fastener part projecting from one of said members and a complementary female fastener part on the other of said members.

4. In combination, a glove finger, a strip extending across said finger and secured to said finger by the usual glove top glove side stitching, a ring top, and fastener elements secured to said ring top and strip including a male member projecting from one of said members and a complementary female member projecting from the other of said members.

5. A glove ornament, comprising a ring top,

and fastener means to secure said glove rn'ament to a glove finger, comprising a metal strip secured across the under side of said ring 'top over and across said finger, a slidable flat male fastener element secured at right angles to the lower edge of said metal strip and having the sides j fastener means to secure said glove ornament to a glove finger, comprising a metal strip secured across the under side of said ring top over and across said finger, a slidable flat fastener element secured at right angles across the lower edge of said strip and a separable fastener element securable to said finger parallel thereto for receiving said flat fastener element to detachably secure said ring top to said glove finger'.

7. Fastener means to secure one element to an- .other, comprising a metal strip secured across the under side of one element, a slidable fiat male fastener element secured at right angles to the lower edge of said metal strip and having the sides thereof downwardly tapered near the edges thereof, a flat female fastener element secured to said other element having upwardly projecting end walls, and top walls near one end thereof, constructed so that when said male element is slid laterally under the top walls thereof it may fit between the end walls thereof and be retained to said rst element by said top walls of said female element.

8. Fastener means to secure one element to another, comprising a metal strip secured across the under side of one element top over and across said finger top over and across said finger, a slidable flat male fastener element secured at right angles to the lower edge of said metal strip and having the sides thereof downwardly tapered near the edges thereof, a flat female separable fastener element secured to the other element having upwardly projecting end walls, and top walls near one end thereof, constructed so that when said male element is slid laterally under the top walls thereof it may fit between the end walls thereof and be retained to said first element by said top walls of said female element.

9. Fastener means to secure one element to another, comprising a slidable flat male fastener element secured to one element and having the sides thereof downwardly tapered near the edges thereof, a flat female fastener element secured to said other element having upwardly projecting end walls, and top walls near one end thereof, constructed so that when said male element is slid laterally under the top Walls thereof it may fit between the end walls thereof and be retained to said first element by said top walls of said female element.

10. Fastener means to secure one element to another, comprising a slidable at male fastener element secured to one element and having the sides thereof downwardly tapered near the edges thereof, a at female separable fastener element secured to the other element having upwardly projecting end walls, and top walls near one end thereof, constructed so that when said male element is slid laterally under the top walls thereof it may t between the end walls thereof and be retained to said first element by said top walls of said female element.

JOHN A. MITCHELL.

CERTIFICATE oit' CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,949,755. March 6, 1934.

JOHN A. MITCHELL.

lt is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 3, lines 26 and 27, claim 8, strike out the words "top over and across said finger top over and across said finger; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 15th day of May, A. D. 1934.

Bryan M. Battey (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

